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This letter describes a campaign by the Communist Party of the United States to take place in protest of the murder of Emmett Till. The Communist Party of the Illinois-Indiana District, and its chairman, Claude Lightfoot, are especially mentioned. Attorney General Herbert Brownell is mentioned as being a particular target of the campaign.
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Letter, J. Edgar Hoover to Dillon Anderson
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Letter, J. Edgar Hoover to Dillon Anderson
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This letter describes a campaign by the Communist Party of the United States to take place in protest of the murder of Emmett Till. The Communist Party of the Illinois-Indiana District, and its chairman, Claude Lightfoot, are especially mentioned. Attorney General Herbert Brownell is mentioned as being a particular target of the campaign.
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Records of the Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Eisenhower Administration)
Federal Bureau of Investigation Files
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Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996
Lightfoot, Claude M., 1910-1991
Black people
Civil rights
Communist parties
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1955-09-06
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